“It's the choosing that's important, isn't it?”

“If everyting's the same, then there aren't any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things!" (Jonas)"It's the choosing that's imortant, isn't it?" The Giver asked him.”

“What if they were allowed to choose their own mate? And chose wrong?”

“That's why they call you Seer. You see more than most.”

“- My instructors in science and technology have taught us about how the brain works. It's full of electrical impulses. It's like a computer. If you stimulate one part of the brain with an electrode, it...- They know nothing.”

“It's not true. I need all of you. We need each other.”

“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.”